John Herbert Roper Explained

John Herbert Roper
Birth Date:	9 August 1948
Birth Place:	South Carolina, U.S.
Education:	University of South Carolina (BA) University of North Carolina (MA, PhD) North Carolina State University (MS)
Occupation:	Historian

John Herbert Roper Sr. (born August 9, 1948) is an American historian. The University of North Carolina has a collection of his papers.

He was born in South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A., received an M.A. and a Ph.D from the University of North Carolina, and an M.S. in economics from North Carolina State University.^[1]

He is an emeritus history department chair and former Richardson Professor of American History at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He now teaches at Coastal Carolina University.^[2] He wrote books on Southern history and several biographies, on C. Vann Woodward, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Paul Green, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, and Benjamin Mays.

He has written several articles for Southern Cultures.^[3]

Books

• U. B. Phillips: A Southern Mind (1984)^[4]
• C. Vann Woodward, Southerner (1987)^[5]
• Paul Green's War Songs (1993)^[2]
• C. Vann Woodward; A Southern Historian and His Critics (1997)^[6]
• Paul Green, Playwright of the Real South (2003)^[7]
• The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays (2012)^[8]
• The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916-2005 (2019)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mercer University Press: Contributor. www.mupress.org.
2. Web site: Roper, John Herbert, 1948- - Social Networks and Archival Context. snaccooperative.org.
3. Web site: John Herbert Roper Archives. Southern Cultures.
4. Reidy . Joseph P. . U. B. Phillips: A Southern Mind. By John Herbert Roper. (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1984. vi + 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $16.95.) . Journal of American History . March 1985 . 71 . 4 . 889–890 . 10.2307/1888559. 1888559 .
5. Reviews of C. Vann Woodward, Southerner include:
   • Bowman . Shearer Davis . Roper, John Herbert, "C. Vann Woodward, Southerner" (Book Review) . The Historian . May 1990 . 52 . 3 . 511 .
   • Doherty . Herbert J. . Review of C. Vann Woodward, Southerner . 30148080 . The Florida Historical Quarterly . 241–244 . 1989.
6. Reviews of C. Vann Woodward; A Southern Historian and His Critics include:
   • King . Richard H. . C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics . Journal of American History . March 1999 . 85 . 4 . 1552–1553 . 10.2307/2568276 . 2568276 . .
   • Silverman . Jason H. . C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics . The Mississippi Quarterly . 1998 . 51 . 2 . 415–417 . .
7. Rubeck . Frederick J. . Paul Green: Playwright of the Real South. By John Herbert Roper. (Athens and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 320. $34.95, ISBN 0-8203-2488-4.) . Journal of Southern History . February 2005 . 71 . 1 .
8. Reviews of The Magnificent Mays include:
   • Lau . Peter F. . The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays. By John Herbert Roper Sr. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2012. xvi, 367 pp. $44.95.) . Journal of American History . September 2013 . 100 . 2 . 586–587 . 10.1093/jahist/jat263.
   • Dickerson . Dennis C. . The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays . Journal of Southern History . November 2013 . 79 . 4 . 999–1001 . .
9. Reviews of The Last Orator for the Millhands include:
   • Loiselle . Aimee . The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916-2005. By John Herbert Roper Sr. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2019. Pp. xii, 443. $40.00, ISBN 978-0-88146-690-4.) . Journal of Southern History . May 2020 . 86 . 10.1353/soh.2020.0162 . 2 . Alternate URL. 537–538. 219491348 .
   • Coclanis . Peter A. . The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916–2005. By Jack Roper. (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2019. xii, 443 pp. $40.00.) . Journal of American History . September 2021 . 108 . 429 . 10.1093/jahist/jaab221.